steve osborne talks about his book the job. true life story from the life of a cop. and we talk about james madison's notes from the constitutional convention. and highlights of the tucson book festival. and from the savannah book festival we talk about post-civil war history experienced through sex generations of her african-american family.

my name is steve osborne and i used to be a new york city cop for 20 years. yes, the accent is real. but the funny thing is i didn't know i had an accent until i came to savannah. i was a cop for 20 years and then became a writer. people ask me how do you go from being a cop to a writer? i don't like telling this story but it happened by accident. after retiring from the police department, my life went from the fast lane to the slow lane and i had all of this to me on my hand. when you are a real cop living the life you have no life. i am working around the clock, nights, weekends, holidays, i m a.m. never home. and then all of a sudden i am retired and sitting there starring at the walls. first thing i did was move the sofa from there to there. and my wife said, what are you doing? you haven't been home in ten years put that sofa back where it was. so i did. now, i am sitting there and i am kind of bored and i don't know why. everybody has that little voice in the back of their head that whispers what to do and that was the same voice that kept me safe like

. >> former new york city police officer steve osborne is next on booktv. he talks about some of the experiences he had throughout his career.. >> how are you doing? [laughter] my name is steve osborne and to use the a nuke city cop for 20 years and just the accent is real. [laughter] [applause] but the funny thing is i didn't even know had in accent until i came to savannah. i was a cop for 20 years and then i became a writer. people ask me how do you go from being a cop to a writer? i don't like telling the story special at a book festival with other writers because they want to strangle me. it happened by accident. after retiring from the police department, my life with from the fast lane to the slow lane. alall of a sudden i had all of i this time on my hands. when you're a cop come like a real cop and you're living the life you have no life. a i'm working around the clock, working nights, weekends, holidays. i'm never home. then all of a sudden i'm retired and a center industry at the walls. first thing i did was move the sofa from their to there. fro

starting with the conversation with steve osborne in which he recalls his 20 year career in the new york police department and then james madison's notes on the 1787 constitutional convention. her book is called "madison's hands. and then a discussion. the author of "independent politics", talks about her book in greater detail. >> booktv has 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors every weekend. here are programs to watch for. this weekend we have the 22nd annual virginia festival of the book and charlottesville. starting saturday at noon, 12:00 p.m. eastern. authors include bruce hellman including his book "the man that stopped einstein" and then saturday evening at 7:00 o'clock, patricia bell scott, professor of women's studies at the university of georgia, on the firebrand and the first lady, portrait of a friendship. exploring the relationship for the national organization of women and first lady eleanor roosevelt. trisha bell scott speaks with nell irvin painter at roseau house and new york city. more from the virginia testable of the book. including george carlin's daughter in he

tomorrow nights, more authors and their books starting with a conversation with steve osborne on the job in which he recalls his 20 year career in the new york police department. then mary sarah builder examines james madison's notes on the constitutional convention. later from from the tucson festival of books, a panel discussion about books and democracy. following that discussion, one of the analysts talks about her book, in greater detail. >> book tv has 48 hours of nonfiction books and tv every weekend. here are some programs to watch for. starting saturday at noon eastern. programs include bruce hillman who discusses his book the man who stocked einstein. then saturday at seven, patricia bell scott on the fire bread and the first lady. portrait of a friendship. the books explore the relationships between civil rights activists and first lady elinor roosevelt. she speaks with author and historian at roosevelt house in new york city. on sunday beginning at 1:00 p.m. eastern from the vervet virginia festival of the book. george carlin's daughter who talks about her life growing up

starting with steve osborn on the job. and mary sander builder examines jam madison's notes on the constitutional convention with "madison's hand" and a panel discussion about politics and democracy later in the night. and one of the panelist will talk about her book in greater detail. >> booktv has 48 hours of non-fiction authors. here are some programs to watch for. this weekend joining us for the 22nd annual festival of the book in charlottesville. author bruce hillman will talk about his book the man who stocked einstein. and then saturday at 7:00, patricia bell scott on the fire brand and the first lady portrait of a friendship. the book explores the relationship between poly murray, co-founder of the national organization for women, and first lady eleanor roosevelt. and we talk to nel irvin tate at the roosevelt house. more on send from the festival of the book. george carlin's daughter talks about her life growing up. and after words with nancy cohen. author of break through; the making of america's first president.